2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 semifinal game 1.
Mira Hayward — a podcast host from Portland, Oregon
Vince Bacani — a risk manager from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sriram Krishnan — a consultant from Falls Church, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sriram | $4,000 | $4,600 | $9,000 |
$9,000
2nd place: $10,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 1 W |
| Vince | $3,200 | $4,600 | $3,200 |
$3,200
3rd place: $10,000 |
$7,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mira | $5,200 | $8,000 | $18,400 |
$18,400
Finalist |
$16,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| PRESIDENTIAL TV | FICTION & NONFICTION | A DOG'S LIFE | THAT'S GOT 2 HYPHENS | TRANSPORTATION | I'M CUBAN |
|
$200
[30]
"The Missiles of October"
Kennedy
Vince
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$200
[24]
"Oath and Honor" is a 2023 memoir & warning by this politician
Liz Cheney
Vince
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$200
[29]
To avoid confusion & possible danger, train your dog on the standard type of this before getting the retractable kind
a leash
Mira
|
$200
[25]
Relatively speaking, it's your spouse's dad, to you
father-in-law
Sriram
|
$200
[28]
Serving 16 million passengers a year, their fleet vehicles feature a dog on the hood
Greyhound
Vince
|
$200
[27]
Hiscatchphrase "Dale" basically means "go ahead"
Pitbull
Mira
|
|
$400
[6]
"Warm Springs"
FDR
Mira
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$400
[23]
Seeking le mot juste, Gustave Flaubert took 5 years to write this novel about a bleak marriage
Madame Bovary
Mira
|
$400
[22]
Theobromine in this substance is toxic to dogs; the darker & more bitter kinds are more dangerous for the pooch
chocolate
Mira
|
$400
[13]
Benadryl & ibuprofen are this type of medication that's purchased sans prescription
over-the-counter
Mira
|
$400
[26]
At a value of more than $650,000, the Rolls-Royce Phantom B12 is a very spendy one of these "grave" vehicles
a hearse
Vince
|
$400
[18]
This Cuban-born man played the "I" in "I Love Lucy" opposite his wife in real life, Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Sriram
|
|
$600
[19]
"The Man from Independence"
Harry Truman
|
$600
[3]
She worked as a librarian before writing classic kids' books like "The Mouse & the Motorcycle"
Cleary
Sriram
|
$600
[21]
This word for pellets of dry dog food comes from a verb meaning "to grind coarsely"
kibble
Mira
|
$800
[11]
It's a brawl with no rules & for our purposes, no cost
a free-for-all
Vince
|
$600
[1]
The special locomotives used to guide ships through the Panama Canal are nicknamed this, for a hybrid pack animal
a mule
Mira
|
$600
[16]
Born in Cuba, this"Havana" singer came to the U.S. at age 6
(Camila) Cabello
Vince
|
|
$800
[5]
"The Final Days"(1989)
Nixon
Sriram
|
$800
[2]
Marjane Satrapiused the name of an ancient Persian city for the title of this graphic memoir of her childhood in Iran
Persepolis
Sriram
|
$800
[7]
Dogs are especially vulnerable to this deadly airborne viral "dis"ease transmitted from wildlife; get your pup vaccinated!
distemper
Vince
|
$1,000
[8]
Where a CEO might have a personal assistant, a general has this French-named helperby his side
an aide-de-camp
Mira
|
$800
[10]
The first of these watercraft was the Charlotte Dundas, used to tow barges on the Forth & Clyde Canal in Scotland around 1800
a tugboat
Mira
|
$800
[15]
The first Latina inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she co-wrote her hit "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
Gloria Estefan
Sriram
|
|
$1,000
[20]
"The Crossing"
Washington
Mira
|
$1,000
[4]
She wrote fiction like 1970's "Play It as It Lays" & nonfiction including "The White Album"
Didion
Mira
|
$1,000
[14]
If your dog paces & whines before you leave, it may be suffering from this 2-word issue; exercise & crate training can help
separation anxiety
Mira
|
DD
$1,600
[12]
Charles V chose to put 3 of these floral symbols on France's royal emblem
a fleur-de-lis
Vince
|
$1,000
[9]
Known for its yellow planes, this low-cost airline began flying gamblers from Detroit to Atlantic City in 1992
Spirit
Sriram
|
$1,000
[17]
A graduate of the National Theater School of Havana, sheco-starred in "Knives Out"
(Ana) de Armas
Vince
|
| CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY | MYTHOLOGY | SCIENCE STUFF | NOTABLE NAMES | DESCRIBING THE SONG | OH, "MY" WORD! |
|
$400
[28]
The second-most populous city in Canada, it was founded in 1642 as a missionary center by Paul de Chomedey
Montreal
Sriram
|
$400
[30]
The guys who sailed with Jason were called these, after the name of their ship
Argonauts
Vince
|
$400
[29]
This iron-containing pigment in blood has a job to do: carry oxygen to tissue
hemoglobin
Sriram
|
$400
[25]
On July 2, 1937 in one of her final transmissions, she reported that "gas is running low"
Earhart
Vince
|
$400
[20]
Michael Jackson warns about evil "lurking in the dark" & Vincent Price waxes poetic about grisly ghouls
"Thriller"
Mira
|
$400
[16]
This word can refer to physical nearsightedness or a mental lack of foresight
myopia
Vince
|
|
$800
[27]
Lying between the 49th & the 60th parallels of latitude, it's the only province with no natural features defining its border
Saskatchewan
Mira
|
$800
[22]
A bird called Aetos kaukasios ate his liver every day
Prometheus
Vince
|
$800
[23]
A 1926 issue of Nature proposed this name for a quantum of light
a photon
Mira
|
$800
[24]
Though written in the mid-1840s, this pair's "The German Ideology" wasn't published in its entirety until the 1930s
Marx & Engels
Mira
|
$800
[19]
Drake remembers an ex who used to call him all the time but now is living her best life "running out of pages" in her passport
"Hotline Bling"
Sriram
|
$800
[14]
This Asian critter is known for its ability to mimic human speech
the mynah
Mira
|
|
$1,200
[26]
The 2 principal parts of Niagara Falls are American Falls on the U.S. side & these falls on the Canadian side
Horseshoe
Sriram
|
$1,200
[21]
This nymph's unrequited love for Narcissus made her fade away until all that was left of her was her voice
Echo
Mira
|
$1,200
[10]
In 1891 Tesla unveiled his famous this, used in radio technology
his (the Tesla) coil
|
$1,600
[4]
"Unbought and Unbossed" was a campaign slogan & an autobiography by this first African-American congresswoman
Shirley Chisholm
|
$1,200
[15]
Various people who live lives of quiet desperation, like Davy in the Navy, yell at Billy Joel to sing at a watering hole
"Piano Man"
Vince
|
$1,200
[12]
This polyester film from DuPont is useful in making things like survival blankets where heat retention is critical
Mylar
Vince
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Appropriately named Terra Nova, Canada's easternmost national park is found on this island
Newfoundland
Mira
|
$2,000
[11]
He was just a shepherd when he was asked to judge which of 3 goddesses was the most beautiful
Paris
|
$1,600
[8]
Meaning "covered seed", it's the scientific term used to designate flowering plants
angiosperm
Vince
|
$2,000
[5]
In 2022, this Antarctic explorer's ship"Endurance", which sank in 1915, was located at the bottom of the Weddell Sea
Ernest Shackleton
Sriram
|
$1,600
[18]
Biz Markie finds out a girl named "Blah-Blah-Blah" is, in fact, having more than a platonic relationship with another man
"Just A Friend"
Sriram
|
$1,600
[6]
It's the muscular center layer of your heart wall, & you don't want it infarcted
the myocardium
Vince
|
|
$2,000
[1]
The world's largest freshwater archipelago, Ontario's Georgian Bay Islands are found in this Great Lake
Huron
Vince
|
DD
$4,000
[3]
The names of these 2 goddesses, Zeus' wife & Zeus' mother, are anagrams of each other
Hera & Rhea
Mira
|
$2,000
[9]
Galileo discovered this, the largest moon of Jupiter & the largest satellite in our solar system
Ganymede
Mira
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
In 1919 this American scientist published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes"
Goddard
Vince
|
$2,000
[17]
Warren G has some trouble with the local roughs until Nate Dogg saves him; together they help some ladies with car trouble
"Regulate"
Sriram
|
$2,000
[7]
According to legend, this prehistoric Greek city was Agamemnon's capital
Mycenae
Vince
Mira
|
A 1955 play review noted "restless Delta folk" & "lives as uncomfortable & insecure as the proverbial" this title
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof